Toy projectile.



J. B. BLACKSHEAR. TOY PROJECTILE.

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1 ,288,8 1 4 v Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

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JAMES BAYARD BLACKSHEAR, OF HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

TOY PROJEC'IILE.

Application filed February 16, 1918.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. BLACKSHEAR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, have invented a new and Improved Toy Projectile, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to toy projectiles and more particularly to a projectile made up ofseparable elements adapted to be discharged in assembled form from a toy cannon or the like, and arranged to be disrupted upon hitting an object.

An object of my invention is to provide a sectional toy projectile so constructed and arranged as to maintain its assembled form throughout its trajectory and adapted to be disrupted by contact when striking an object.

A further object is to give novel form to the projectile to the end that its destruction will be brought about in a realistic manner.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters in dicate corresponding parts in all the views, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a view illustrating in perspec tive a projectile embodying my invention, showing the same disrupted after striking an object, the view indicating a type of cannon that may be employed for discharging the projectile and showing in dotted line the trajectory and the assembled projectile after leaving the cannon;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the projectile in assembled form;

Fig. 3 is a partly sectional side elevation of the projectile partially assembled;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the projectile.

The letter A, Fig. 1, indicates a' form of cannon that may be employed for the discharge of the projectile. Said cannon, however, does not constitute part of the present invention but forms the subject-matter of an application filed by me concurrently herewith.

My improved projectile includes a sectional body 10, a rear clamp ring 11, and a head 12. The sectional body, as shown, may consist of two semi-cylindrical members to present a generally cylindrical form when Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 24, 1918.

Serial No. 217,598.

assembled with their fiat faces opposed. The ring 11 is adapted to be passed onto the reduced rear end of the assembled body to hold the sections in position at that end. Similarly, the head 12 is formed with an annular fiange13 at its rear end which fits over the reduced end 14 of the assembled body 10.

The head 12 is formed with an axial pin hole 15 extending therethrough and in said pin hole a firing pin 16 is adapted to have sliding movement. The front end of said pin has an enlarged head or contact point 17 which also serves to limit the rearward movement of the firing pin in the head. The rear end of the firing pin 16 is formed also with a flange or disk 18 to give it a broad bearing against the front end of the sectional body, said disk being accommodated in a depression 10 formed jointly in the body sections.

Spring means is provided within the sectional body and tending, when the parts are assembled, to disrupt the same by suddenly causing the separation of the body sections when released from the head 12. In the preferred form of my invention which has advantages, I provide plate springs 19 disposed longitudinally of the respective body sectlons at the opposed fiat sides thereof, sald springs being accommodated in longitudinal recesses 21 in said sections. Each spring is suitably made fast at one end to the body section as by a suitable fastening 20 and the springs are oppositely disposed, the one spring being secured at its rear end, leaving the front end free to act, while the spring of the opposite body section is fast at its front end, leaving its rear end free, the purpose being to evenly distribute the force of the springs against the body sections.

With the described arrangement the body sections are brought together, thereby placing the springs under tension and the ring 11 is passed over the rear ends of the assembled sections. The front ends of the assembled sections are then passed within the flange 13 of the head 12. Thus, the reaction of the springs will press the sections outwardly against said ring 11 and flange 13, thereby holding the projectile assembled. The placing of the head 12 on the body will caus the latter to force the firing pin 16 to the projected position of Fig. 2. The projectile having been discharged as from a cannon A upon striking any object B conillustrated example constitutes a practical ters Patent:

ventionally indicated as a Wall, the firing pin striking the Wall Will be forced rearwardly relatively to the head and Will carry the body sections rearwardly out of engagement with the flange 13, thereby permitting the re action of the springs 19 to disrupt the body,

the ring 11' not being sufficient, owing to its limited zone of engagement, to restrain the body sections.

I Would state in conclusion that While the lined in the appended claims.

Having thus i described 'iny invention, I claim as'neW, and des re to secure by Let- 1. A toyrprojectile comprising a body formed in sections, a spr ngion one section and adapted to lie against the other section when the latter are assembled, a clamp band adapted to fit on the assembled sections, a

head on the projectile, a flangeon the rear end of the head inwhich flange the front ends of the assembled body sections are adapted to be received, and a firing pin lonjecting at the front and rear thereof hereby upon the rearward movement of'the firing pin,'the rear end thereof Will give a relative ,movement tothe body sections and head to disengage th same.

A projectile including semi circular body sections having recesses in their opposed faces, longitudinal springs on the respective body sections in the said recesses, an

element adapted to fit the rear end of the as-v Copies of this pat ent may lie obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

" Washington,D.0.

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